Toe-weight



(No Model.)

P. W. FLOYD.

TOE WEIGHT. No. 399,253. Patented Mar. 12, 1889.

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TOE-WElGHT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 399,253, dated March12, 1889.

Application filed August 21, 1888. Serial No. 283,299. (lilo model.)

To fl-ZZ whom itmay concern.-

Be it known that I, FRANK W. FLOYD, a citizen of the United States,residing at Detroit, county of \Yayne, State of Michigan,

' tendencyof the weight to fly out at the bottom have invented a certainnew and useful Improvement in Toe-\Veights for Horses; and I declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, suchas will enable others skilled in the artto which it appertains to makeand use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,which. form a part of. this specificatimi, and in which Figure 1.represents a section of a horses hoof with in v toe-weight attachedthereto. Fig. i is a view of the parts used in the construc tion of mytoe-weight.

The object of my invention is to provide a construction of toe-weightwherein the weight or ball may be easily removed from the hoof and alighter or heavier weight be substituted, if desired In the drawings, Aroprescnis the horses hoof. 13 represents a plat-e or spur having itsinner surface concave to fit the convex surface of the hoofland providedwith holes I; at the lower end for the reception of the screws 12, usedin fastening the spur to the hoof. Toe edges 32 are dovetailed to (itthe dovetailed edges 0 of the recess 0 in the weight 0. This weight Chas an orifice, 0?, for the reception of a screw, 0 adapted to passthrough an elongated opening, Z2 in the spur B and into the hoof A Thusthe weight held not only by the spur B, which forms a tenon, and whichis in turn fastened to the hoof by the screws in the lower end, but isstrengthened in its hold by the screw 0, passing through the weight andspur and into the hoof. By making the opening I) in the spur elongatedany size weight desired may he slipped onto the spur and itsstrengthening-screw c be perinitsame relative point in each weight,andis usu- 45 ally located in such position as to prevent any *atherthan at the top, or vice versa. By this construction, as will be seen,the weight is firmly held in place, and can be removed and a differentsize substituted by simply removing the single screw 0 and the weight beadjusted to a higher or lower position, according to its size.

hat I claim is 1. In a toe-weight for horses, the combination of adovetailed tenon-spur concaved to fit the convened surface of the hoofand provided with screw-holes, screws passed through the lower end ofsaid spur into the hoof, a mortised weight fitted onto the spur, and ascrew passed through said weight and spur into the hoof, substantiallyas described.

2. In a toe-weight for horses, the combination, with the spur B, havingits inner surface concave to fit the convex surface of the hoof andprovided with screw-holes Z), an elongated opening, I)", and bevelededges 0 of the weight C, provided with a recess, 0, havingits edgesbeveled to fit the edges of the spur B, an orifice, c and the screw H,which passes into the hoof, substantially as described.

3. In. a toe-weight for horses, a dovetail tenon-spur with screw-holesat its lower end and an elongated opening, 72 in combination with aweighthaving a dovetail mortise to fit the tenon and a scrcw-hole,substantially described.

In testimony whereof I sign this specification in the presence of twowitnesses.

FRANK W. FLOYD. Vitnesses: 4

M. B. ODoeHEnTY, T H. CHAMBERLIN.

